My blog is mostly about wildlife, particularly birds, walking, days out, all growing things and anything else that comes to mind.

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Saturday, 11 April 2009

More woolly nests and garden birds.

More of the wet stuff again this morning and it lasted most of the day.

In terms of garden birds, the first arrivals were the two Lesser Redpolls. During the next hour the following arrived albeit in small numbers now that Spring is here.

A Song Thrush (very rare so delighted to see it) - no picture as too dark.Goldfinches, Ring-necked Parakeets, Blue Tits, Feral Pigeons, Greenfinches, Robin, Dunnock, Magpies, Starlings and Great Tits. Strangely not seen any chaffinches as yet.

The Blue Tits who were finding the nesting wool the other day, have not taken any more. I assuming that they either a) have a very cosy wool-lined nest now or b) have found something else

However, today it was the turn of the Great Tit. Their behaviour in gathering the wool was very much different to that of the Blue Tit. Whereas the Blue Tit would try many angles, including hanging upside down, the Great Tit maintained an air of dignity by standing on the top of the container and pulling chunks of wool towards it.

The garden pond is heaving with tadpoles; whether my little pond will provide them with enough food at this stage I don't know. None have legs etc. yet so will be watching them closely from now on.

Dull and dreary here as well all today, Tricia.Nice sequence of wool gathering.Last year here the Blue Tits were pulling pieces out of an old coconut fibre hanging basket lining. Must have been an itchy nest.

About Me

A lover of wildlife and birds in particular and a keen photographer
who's learning all the time!
For me there's nothing better than the great outdoors and escaping into
it as often as I can; even if it's only a walk very locally. I love the
sea and water in any form. There's something magical about reflections
in very still water.